Title :
Distributed active radiation for THz signal generation
Author :
Sengupta, Kaushik ; Hajimiri, Ali
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we introduce the distributed-active-radiator (DAR) structures which consolidate the signal generation, multiplication, filtering, and radiation in a single active electromagnetically coupled structure. As examples of distributed active radiators, we demonstrate 2x1 and 2x2 arrays of DAR structures radiating at 300GHz, which achieve three orders of magnitude higher total radiated power than previously reported.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; radiation effects; signal generators; submillimetre wave filters; submillimetre wave generation; CMOS; DAR structure; THz signal generation; distributed active radiation; filtering; frequency 300 GHz; magnitude; multiplication; single active electromagnetically coupled structure; total radiated power; Antenna measurements; CMOS integrated circuits; Harmonic analysis; Oscillators; Power harmonic filters; Silicon; Transmission line measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers (ISSCC), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-303-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2011.5746322
